Here's another round of kitchen drawer and cabinet organization hall of fame pictures from readers.
by Louisa
How it looked in the middle of the project
Louisa shared her before and after photos on Home Storage Solutions 101's Facebook wall, and I've chosen some of them to show you too.
She said in regard to the first picture: "This is the "before" photo - 9pm last night when I was in the middle of a disaster. Rather than doing this methodically throughout the week, I pulled EVERYTHING out and then put it away. Hmmm....I would recommend doing it differently.
BY THE WAY - this is NOT how my kitchen normally looks! Hhaa."
Second pictures she said: "AFTER!!! Today - after an entire day of organizing!"
She moved everything in the kitchen into zones. Her zones were "prep zone", "coffee zone", "cooking zone", "baking zone", "food storage zone", "eating zone."
I love how she created a "control center" on one of her kitchen counters to organize her family calendar, stationary and pens. That's really thinking the area through Louisa!
In addition, she really considered where everything should go in her kitchen before she started moving everything around. Now things are in the most logical spaces for where various activities are done, with things in easy reach of where she does them. That can be a real time saver in the kitchen, and it looks great!
Great job Louisa, and I give you a big thumbs up too!
by Hannah @ Cupcake Mumma
Organized cupboard with plates and bowls
Hannah from Cupcake Mumma shared her lovely after pictures on her blog, after taking the challenge.
She did some decluttering, and otherwise just straightened up everything in her cupboards, cabinets and drawers so everything was in its right place, and easy to access.
You did a great job Hannah, and thanks for sharing your pictures with me!
by Jessica @ His Plan, Not Ours
Organized glassware cabinet
Jessica from His Plan, Not Ours blogged about the Kitchen Drawers and Cabinet Organization Challenge, sharing her before and after pictures.
by Angela @ Confessions of a Craft Addict
Angela from Confessions of a Craft Addict took up the kitchen cabinet organization challenge this week, and shared her before and after pictures on her blog.
I've chosen some of the best after pictures to show you, since there were so many, so be sure to check out all the pictures at her site.
Angela said she has recently done a decluttering and rearranging, so this was more of a maintenance assignment for her, instead of a complete transformation. However, that brings up a good point.
Life happens, and so even though you organize your kitchen drawers and cabinets once during this challenge, you'll have to periodically work on maintaining them to keep them looking their best. Fortunately, regular maintenance doesn't take nearly as long and can keep things running smoothly!
Great job Angela, and thanks so much for taking the challenge, and blogging about it.
by Jennifer @ Life of Reilly
After - wine and margarita glasses organized with glasses rack
Jennifer at Life of Reilly blogged about the awesome results she got after working through the kitchen cabinet organization challenge.
She has LOTS of before and after pictures of all the cabinets in her kitchen, and I have just chosen some of the best "after" pictures to show you here, so please make sure to go to her blog to see them all.
I liked that before she began she considered the work flow of her kitchen, and let that influence how she would organize the cabinets, and how she would set up her work zones. That is definitely the right way to go about it!
I wanted to point out just a couple of the nice kitchen storage solutions I saw her using in some of her pictures, since I think these are great ideas for many homes.
For example, in the first picture notice how she added more room to her cabinet to hold her wine and margarita glasses by adding the hanging stemware rack for holding more glasses. Here are some similar ones of various sizes below from Amazon:
by Average Jane
Before
Average Jane shared her before and after pictures of her glasses and cups cupboard.
by Katy @ Thrift Me
(Dallas, TX)
I love the colored plates!
Katy from Thrift Me blogged about this week's challenge, sharing what she did to organize her kitchen drawers and cabinets.
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